<p>Chance a student who's come a loooong, loong way.
Stats:</p>
<p>Middle Eastern (Iranian)
Top 150 Nationally Ranked High School
New Jersey
Speak Fluent Farsi, English, Arabic. French in School</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8 UW/4.44W (Scores got better every year)
Rank: Top 10%
SAT: 2240
SAT II's : US History 800 Chem 720; World Hist 800
AP tests:
5 on US and
European History;
4 on Statistics;
5 on Enviornment
5 on Lang
4 on Physics
5 Gov/Econ</p>
<p>Courseload: Most rigorous that the school allowed; but I didnt take anything but 2 honors my freshman year, then all APs and honors in subsequent years.</p>
<p>School EC's:</p>
<p>-School newspaper (9-12)
-Speech and Debate team (9-12) TREASURER: Here is how I ranked at national tournaments
3rd at NFL Nations
6th at CFL Nationals
1st at Yale Invitational
Finals at Harvard University
1st at GMU Tournament</p>
<ul>
<li>President of Political Participation (campaign for local officers), Secretary of History Club, Officer in Amnesty International, President of School's Microfinance Organization</li>
<li>Interned with Congressman Frelinghuysen for two weeks in DC learned a lot and met Robert Gates
-Interned w/ a prestigious law firm for a month last summer</li>
<li>Georgetown and Columbia (INT. Relations and Law and Ethics.) Summer Progams</li>
<li>National Honor Society (treasurer)</li>
<li>Member of different clubs</li>
</ul>
<p>Community/Volunteering/Entrepreneurship
- 200+ hours at the Retirement Home + Soup Kitchens</p>
<p>Recs:
Two pretty good recs
Two from teachers who liked me alot, counseler gave good wrecks</p>
<p>Essay: I talked mostly about my cousin being jailed in Iran during the revolution. ALL very good
Also the importance of elite schools to the world</p>
<p>Both essays, I thought, were really really good
Schools:
UVA
UNC (OOS)
Harvard
Cornell
NYU
Uchicago
Duke
UPENN
Georgetown (FAVORITE - SFS)
Northwestern
Rutgers
John Hopkins</p>
<p>Ill chance back if needed
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